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stockpile

stock·pile/ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/noun, verb

stockpile is spelled S-T-O-C-K-P-I-L-E: 9 letters and 2 syllables (stock·pile). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stockpile means “A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stockpile is stockpiles.

How many letters and syllables are in stockpile?

Letters9: S-T-O-C-K-P-I-L-E
Syllables2: stock·pile
In writing1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is stockpile?

Stockpile appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce stockpile?

  • UK /ˈstɒkpaɪl/
  • US /ˈstɑkˌpaɪl/

Stockpile has 2 syllables, split stock·pile in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stockpile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of stockpile

  • stockpiles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • stockpiling participle, present
  • stockpiled participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does stockpile mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A supply (especially a large one) of something kept for future use, specifically in case the cost of the item increases or if there a shortage.

  2. 2

    A supply of nuclear weapons kept by a country; a nuclear stockpile.

  3. 3

    A pile of coal or ore heaped up on the ground after it has been mined.

verb

  1. 1

    To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

  2. 2

    To build up a stock of (nuclear weapons).

  3. 3

    To heap up piles of (coal or ore) on the ground after it has been mined.

  4. 4

    To build up a supply; to accumulate.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Stockpile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchstock, réserve (supply of something kept for future use), stocker, accumuler (to accumulate or build up a supply of…)
GermanLager, Lagerhalde, Vorrat (supply of something kept for future use), hamstern, horten (to accumulate or build up a supply of…)
Portugueseestoque, reserva (supply of something kept for future use), estocar (to accumulate or build up a supply of…)
Spanishacopio, reservas (supply of something kept for future use), acaparar, acopiar, almacenar, hacer acopio (to accumulate or build up a supply of…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does stockpile come from?

The noun is derived from stock (“supply of anything ready for use”) + pile (“mass of things heaped together”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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